} else {
const MCSectionELF &Section =
static_cast<const MCSectionELF &>(Symbol.getSection());
+
+ // We may end up with a situation when section symbol is technically
+ // defined, but should not be. That happens because we explicitly
+ // pre-create few .debug_* sections to have accessors.
+ // And if these sections were not really defined in the code, but were
+ // referenced, we simply error out.
+ if (!Section.isRegistered()) {
+ assert(static_cast<const MCSymbolELF &>(Symbol).getType() ==
+ ELF::STT_SECTION);
+ Ctx.reportError(SMLoc(),
+ "Undefined section reference: " + Symbol.getName());
+ continue;
+ }
+
if (Mode == NonDwoOnly && isDwoSection(Section))
continue;
MSD.SectionIndex = SectionIndexMap.lookup(&Section);
--- /dev/null
+// RUN: not llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple x86_64-pc-linux-gnu %s -o %t 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+// CHECK: error: Undefined section reference: .debug_pubnames
+
+.section .foo,"",@progbits
+ .long .debug_pubnames